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Middlesex State Police Detective Unit (SPDU)

As you all know, the men and women appeared to be of his roommate, Victor of the State Police Detective Units, Mariscal. Mariscal was ultimately arrested assigned to the District Attorney’s offices and charged with both attacks. throughout the state, serve in unique roles. These members serve as the inves - DRUG DEAL GONE BAD tigators for their respective District In March of 2019, Sergeant Mike Attorney’s offices and work very closely Cashman, Trooper Stephen Crusco and with our local and federal partners. Trooper James Connolly learned of a Cases in their purview range from homi - fatal shooting in Malden. They found cides, drug trafficking, sexual assaults, that Jeury Batista had been shot and money laundering, cyber-crimes, Inter- killed during a drug transaction. After net Crimes against Children (ICAC), the Troopers and Malden Detectives embezzle ment, threats and harassment identified the suspects as Yahia Mastouri of public officials and virtually anything and Josue Espada, Trooper Joe Keefe our partnering agencies require or ask of VFAS came to assist. After some of them. pretty intense hide and seek, our team learned that the pair may have fled to Los Angeles, California. Then they learned that a couple matching the suspect’s description had been observed by the Los Angeles Police Department for a stabbing on Bradford St. The stab - Gang Unit during an unrelated case. bing appeared to have been completely At our request, LAPD relocated and random and the victim ultimately sur - arrested the suspects so that they could vived. On the following week… in almost be brought back to to the exact same location, another random face charges related to the Murder. stabbing occurred. This time, Lieutenant Duke Donoghue, Sergeant Sean O’Brien, KARMA LOUNGE SHOOTING Sergeant Michael Williams and Trooper In September of 2019, Lieutenant Duke Matt Owens responded to Everett. On Donoghue, Trooper Anthony DeLucia, this occasion, the victim, Michael Starr, Trooper Michael Sullivan and Trooper died as a result of the vicious attack. James Connolly responded to an early Both attacks were caught on home secu - morning shooting at the Karma Lounge rity cameras, but the suspect’s face was in Everett. When they arrived, they not visible. Investigators went to the learned that the victim had been trans - first victim and a composite sketch was ported to Mass General, but soon died done by Ian Spencer. Investigators took from his injuries. Investigators gathered to the streets with the sketch. Sergeant a mass of information and learned there Michael Williams, then Trooper Williams, had been a large fight in front of the RANDOM KNIFE ATTACKS knocked on a door on Bradford St. club that, in turn, led to a shooting in In March of 2019, Sergeant Peter Sennott, during the canvas. Armed with the the middle of a busy road. Investigators Trooper Scott Quigley and Trooper Mark sketch of the suspect, the occupant told quickly identified the suspects, tracked Delaney responded to the city of Everett Sergeant Williams that the sketch more ®

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continued them to and called hours of typing, monitoring, managing on the State Police Violent Fugitive and follow-up investigation associated Apprehension Squad (VFAS) to assist. with a “wire” investigation is daunting. Sergeant Joe Masterson, Trooper Joe These types of cases provide for over - DiLiegro and Trooper Andy Mason whelming evidence against most defen - responded. Coordination between dants and after months, sometimes Middlesex SPDU, Everett Police, Seabrook years, of continuous investigation our (New Hampshire) Police and the United members get to rejoice with the arrest States Marshall Service led to the arrest of targets and the seizure of guns and of three people, including the shooter, narcotics. We will never know how Charles Demos. many lives were saved with just this investigation alone, however, we do ALICEA WIRE know that these illegal firearms have ment arrested a co-conspirator on the In May of 2019, after months of inves - been removed from the streets of boarder of Mexico and secured more tigation, members of the Middlesex Middlesex County, along with dangerous evidence of drug trafficking. The affiant State Police Detective Unit initiated a illegal narcotics. on this “wire” was Trooper Jeff Saunders wiretap on several phones connected and Co-affiant was Trooper Mike to Joseph “Duda” Alicea and his drug DELGADO-RIVERA WIRE Tulipano. trafficking organization. On June 27th, Middlesex Detectives, the State Police 2019, Middlesex SPDU, along with Gang Unit and the Everett Police Depart - TEWKSBURY FENTANYL Lowell PD, executed 12 search warrants ment began an investigation into a drug Middlesex Detectives received a tip in Lowell, Lawrence, Dracut and Tewks - trafficking organization in the Everett about a potential drug trafficking orga - bury. Ultimately, 12 people were arrested area. Troopers began the investigation nization in Tewksbury. With very little for trafficking and conspiracy. Over the and eventually they obtained numerous actionable intelligence, Sergeant Vincent course of the investigation investigators court-authorized “wiretaps” for several Noe and Sergeant Pat Burke began a discovered and seized over two kilograms cellular telephones. Investigators inter - grassroots investigation. Using outside of suspected cocaine, two handguns, cepted communications where the co- the box thinking, the team put into over $300,000, several pounds of mari - conspirators discussed the delivery of place a plan that would eventually lead juana, MDMA, Oxycodone, Percocet, cocaine via UPS packages. As a result them to obtaining a search warrant for Suboxone, cutting agents and a money of these intercepted conversations, the target’s residence. Members of the counter. Unfortunately for “Duda”, he Troopers quickly intercepted a package Middlesex SPDU and Tewksbury nar - will no longer have a need for a money containing two kilos of cocaine, which cotics detectives executed a search war - counter in prison. The affiant for the was hidden in auto parts. After months rant at the residence. Inside the residence wire was Trooper Brendan Cain. The of court-authorized monitoring of the they observed a 2¼ kilo of Heroin/ Fen - cellular telephones, and conducting tanyl mix and over $20k in cash. Troopers countless hours of undercover surveil - then obtained an additional search war - lance, investigators executed search rant and continued their search. Secreted warrants in Everett, Melrose, Chelsea, in a two mechanical furniture hides, Lynn and Revere. In addition to the they located an additional 30 KILOS originally seized two kilos of cocaine, OF HEROIN/FENTANYL! The Troopers they seized two illegally possessed assigned to Middlesex SPDU subse - firearms, three pounds of marijuana, quently arrested Hilda Gandia and scales, packaging materials, cutting Agustin Tejeda-Ruis for trafficking and agents and about $46,000. As a result conspiracy. of the investigation, Texas law enforce - K

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Marine Unit History

udget cuts in 1901 forced the Lexington to go into dry Article submitted by Lieutenant Commander Twomey B dock. The vessel’s $8,000 operating budget was cut. This The origins of the State Police Marine Unit emerged in the forced the state detective force to cease seasonal ocean going late 19th century when the state troopers were referred to patrols for several years ( Post, 1901). as state detectives. In February 1897, District Police Com - In May of 1904 the Lexington underwent an overhaul missioner Wade pushed forward legislation to allow the which included a cabin remodel at the East Boston Shipyard. “district police” (predecessor of the State Police) concurrent The ship’s Captain, William Harry Proctor, and his crew jurisdiction with the fish commissioners with regard to returned the Lexington to the South coast of Massachusetts. fisheries laws. Under this measure, the vessel Ocean Gem The Lexington was primarily concerned with preventing would be transferred to the authority of the District Police porgy and “menhaden” fishing with nets in the Buzzards (Boston Daily Globe, 1897). Bay area. Menhaden fishing was made illegal by the Mass - The State Police’s prominence on the waters of the Com - achusetts legislature during this time because it was thought monwealth was bolstered by the commissioning of the vessel that menhaden fish brought larger food fish to the area Lexington . On July 27, 1898, the steamer was commissioned (Boston Globe, 1904). out of the Story shipyard in Essex, Massachusetts. The Captain Proctor of Swampscott, joined the State Police Lexington was 122 feet long and operated with a crew of ten in 1888 having prior experience as a navigator. Captain personnel. It was built for seasonal (summer) ocean work Proctor was not only a Captain in the nautical sense of the and had a maximum speed of approximately 13 knots. The word, he was appointed to the rank of Captain on the State vessel had a “rapid fire” gun and was designed for fisheries Detective force in May of 1905. With the promotion came enforcement, the newspapers of the day also mentioned it’s a pay increase, from an annual salary of $1500 to $1800 a capabilities to deter “pirates” (Boston Sunday Post, 1898). more ®

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year (Boston Daily Globe, 1905). He had the privilege of Globe (Boston Daily Globe, 1907). He, like many troopers having his seven year old daughter christen the Lexington of the current day who are assigned to Special Operations upon is commissioning. Units, was designated to give tours to command staff and Captain Proctor was not immune to the type of public politicians in order to demonstrate the capabilities of the criticism the State Police of the 21st Century face. In 1907, force. On several occasions, he took both the Commissioner Captain Proctor was publically chastised and accused of of the State Detectives and the Governor on tours of the not doing his job. Members attending a meeting of the Old Massachusetts coastline. These tours included a July 4th Colony club in New Bedford reproached Captain Proctor excursion to Nashawena Island for both the Governor and for not enforcing the fisheries laws in Buzzards Bay. This Lieutenant Governor. information was summarily reported in the Boston Daily The Lexington was eventually replaced by the Steamer Lotus in the 1910s. The Lotus was followed by the Motor Vessel Protector . The Protector was launched July 15, 1924, again from the Story Shipyard in Essex. The vessel was capable of making 13 knots and carried two one pound guns and a machine gun. The vessel was christened Miss Edna Foote, the daughter of Commissioner Alfred F. Foote (Boston Daily Globe, 1924). The vessel was commanded by Captain Frank Wright. Captain Wright, who had prior experience as the master of the Lotus , captained the Protector until his untimely death in October of 1925 (Boston Daily Globe, 1925). The end of the first era of the State Police Marine Unit came in 1933 when General Daniel Needham, State Com - missioner of Public Safety, sold the Protector . The Commissioner was under the impression at that time that “…the work can be performed better on land by police in small motor car (Will Sell Boat Of State Police, 1933).” This was a lean time for the State Police in that the Great Depression was in full 1979 Boston Whaler Tpr. Mike Cherven 59th RTT. swing and money and resources were scarce. It was also at

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Scott and Eric in the Ice Boat.

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this time that the Metropolitan District Commission purchased were assigned to patrol the area (http://home.comcast. the entire State Police stable of 38 horses. The State Police net/~mmrubino/). Horse patrol was replaced by motorcycles where needed. The MDC eventually established seven geographical The formation of the State Police Marine Unit and its commission divisions which included the Charles River current location evolved from the formation of the Metropolitan Lower Basin (Current State Police Boston), Charles River Park Commission Police in 1893. The Metropolitan Park Upper Basin (SP Brighton), Middlesex Fells (SP Medford), Police was the predecessor of the Metropolitan District Com - Nantasket (area currently covered by SP Norwell), Old mission Police which took its name in 1919 and functioned Colony (SP South Boston), Revere (SP Revere), and the until it merged with the Massachusetts State Police in 1992. Quabbin (SP Belchertown). Each division had boats assigned The Metropolitan / MDC Police were charged to their respective area. There was not a centralized MDC with policing the park areas of the including Harbor Division until the late 1970s. the Charles River, , , and the The economic boom of the 1920s brought powerboats as well as the Wachusett and Quabbin Reservoirs. to the MDC police, especially the Charles River. The Charles Plans were underway for the creation of the Charles River was the place to be in the roaring twenties and the River Dam in 1900. In May of 1900, the Metropolitan Park work of the MDC police in this area increased exponentially. Police voted to procure money for the placement of rescue In 1922, $4,800 was appropriated for the design of a 28 foot vessels on the Charles River. The construction of the Charles power driven motor vessel with twin 50 H.P. Noyes-Buick River Dam and subsequent infrastructure along the Charles engines and a capability of reaching speeds in excess of River including the Charles River Speedway (Storrow Drive) 25 knots. In April of 1922 money was also appropriated for occurred between 1903 and 1910. On October 20th, 1908 the purchase of a motor vessel on the Wachusett Reservoir. the Charles River Basin was created with the sealing of the The fleet of the MDC continued to improve through original Charles River Locks located where the current State the decades, in 1941 construction of another 28 foot river Police Boston Barracks is located. The first MDC Police Boat boat was undertaken by Eldredge-McInnis Marine Engineers. house was located along the Lechmere equipped with The beam on this boat was 7 feet and had a maximum draft an interior boat basin with three boat bay doors. The boat of 2 feet. This type of sturdy design was consistent of the house still stands over 100 years later. MDC River Patrol boats up through the 1950s. In 1901, the creation of the Metropolitan Parks Riverside The 1960s fleet of the MDC consisted of over 20 vessels District (the current area of Auburndale in the City of Newton spread throughout the numerous MDC Divisions including along the Charles River) resulted in the first type of Marine two infamous “Duck Boats” which the MDC acquired in Patrol type duties. 19 persons were rescued by Metropolitan 1966 (Hammond, 1968). During the late 1960s, the lower Park Police officers on the river in the first year personnel Basin was equipped with three 26 foot launches. These

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vessels had the ability to reach speeds of 40 M.P.H. to enforce The Harbor Division expanded its jurisdiction when speed and wake violations on the Charles River. The Middlesex the six MDC Police Officers assigned to patrol George’s Fells division had two 19 foot long vessels to conduct enforce - Island out of the Nantasket Division were reassigned to the ment on the Mystic River as well as the Upper and Lower Harbor Division duties (Kenney, 1980). Members assigned Mystic lakes. The Revere Division was equipped with several to George’s Island prior to 1980 worked 48 hour shifts on vessels, and the Nantasket Division was equipped with a the island followed by four days off. The MDC Harbor both a 28 and 32 foot launch for patrolling George’s and Division was fully consolidated by 1980 and all marine Lovell’s Island (Hammond, 1968). assets ran out of the MDC Marine Division. Prior to the In the 1970s, the MDC established itself as the premier 1970s there were no such thing as DCR Rangers, the MDC agency in the waters within and surrounding Patrolmen assigned to the Islands were responsible for not Boston Harbor after the Boston Police abolished its harbor only its policing but also its day to day maintenance. patrol in 1973 (McNiff, 1979). The MDC acquired two of During the late 1970s and early 1980s both the MDC Boston Police’s 38 foot Diesel Boats and assumed primary and State Police made a push to overtake Harbor Master patrol duties of all Boston Harbor. The MDC Police Harbor duties from the Boston Police. The Boston Police reestablished Division was created in 1978 with the construction of the their Harbor Unit in July of 1980, just in time for the visit new locks and the building on Beverly Street behind the of the John F. Kennedy Aircraft Carrier visit during the new Boston Garden which currently houses the present summer of the same year. day State Police Marine Unit. The State Police took over the MDC Harbor Division The “original six” members assigned to the MDC Harbor in 1992. The unit remained the same until 1993 until then Division were Patrolman John Mooney, William Broderick, Lieutenant (Colonel) DiFava came over to the Marine Unit Robert Graham, Anthony Maraschiello, Joseph Kelleher, (it was referred to as the Marine Section at this time). The and Sergeant George Crowley. The original members of the State Police Marine Unit acquired several state of the art MDC Marine Unit reported to the U.S. Base boats during the 1980s & 1990s including the addition of in Boston for a week of training. Many of the members had three 25 Foot Boston Whalers which were specifically prior military experience; Patrolman Mooney was a Naval designed for law enforcement purposes and remain in the Veteran of WWII. Members also had prior experience State Police Fleet today. operating the boats out of their respective divisions. Patrolman The events of September 11th, 2001 changed the land Mooney was the junior man of the group, having only twenty- scape for the State Police Marine Unit. Members of the two years of service at the time of his appointment to the unit were assigned the daunting task of protecting dangerous Marine Division (Conversation with John Mooney, 2014). more ®

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LNG shipments to the Distrigas LNG Terminal in Everett. to law enforcement / homeland defense operations. The Personnel were assigned to 24 hour waterside security of Marine Unit also has obtained two Moose Boat vessels since this highly volatile cargo. Sgt. Thomas Kalil and Lieutenant 2010. These vessels are great dive platforms and have jet Aldo D’Angelo worked to procure the proper weapons to propulsion which allows the operators to have precise control defend these high value assets. As a result of their efforts, over the vessels movement. all Marine Unit personnel received training and were The State Police Marine Unit today continues to patrol assigned the M-14 Rifle. This rifle is capable of firing high many of the areas the MDC Police used to watch over prior powered 7.62 mm caliber round which can penetrate and to consolidation. The State Police Marine Unit took over disable the engine block of a hostile vessel. Marine Unit seaward law enforcement around the perimeter of Logan members continue to protect LNG shipments. During peak Airport in 2011 after the Logan Airport Marine Unit disbanded. times when energy is scarce these vessels need to be The State Police Marine Unit continues to support the SP escorted almost two times per week both into and out of Underwater Recovery team providing dive platforms for Boston Harbor. The Marine Unit also acquired three 41 numerous URT missions. The Marine Unit continues to foot Utility Boats from the Coast Guard in the months patrol the Charles River, providing water side security for after 9/11 in an effort to augment homeland security efforts the Esplanade Fourth of July Gala. The Marine Unit also in Boston Harbor. These vessels were critical to conducting continues to participate in events of national significance security operations during the winter months in Boston including the War of 1812 celebration, the turn-around of Harbor. the U.S.S. Constitution, and the protection of Boston Red The Marine Unit has acquired several premier vessels Sox for their Victory Tour on the Charles River after winning specifically designed for law enforcement and homeland both the 2004 and 2013 World Series Championships. security operations over the past 12 years. These include the addition of three 31 foot and one 27 foot SAFE (Secure This information was compiled by Lieutenant David Twomey Around Flotation Equipped) boats. Numerous federal, state, who was assigned to the Marine Unit both as a Trooper and as and municipal agencies have obtained these specific vessels a Sergeant. Lieutenant Twomey is also currently a Lieutenant because of their advanced design which specifically caters Commander in the Coast Guard Reserve. K

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